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After the domestic Women's Professional Soccer league folded, Carrasco started lobbying for Morgan...
After the domestic Women's Professional Soccer league folded, Carrasco started lobbying for Morgan to come to Seattle and play for the Sounders Women. They could be together, he said, and wear the same jerseys. They could watch each other's games.
It was a lucky collision of circumstances. Carrasco ran the idea past the team's general manager, Amy Carnell. It was too good to pass up. This season, five U.S. national team members — Megan Rapinoe, Stephanie Cox, Sydney Leroux, Hope Solo and Morgan — are playing for the Sounders' W-League team amid their preparation for the Olympics.
— Steve Kelley | Sounders' Alex Morgan and Servando Carrasco are a perfect soccer match | Seattle Times Newspaper
A long look at the cirsumstances surrounding Alex Morgan's rise to fame and how Servando Carrasco grabbed the opportunity for them to be in the same city for at least a few months.
